Mahabharata 11.13.1 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 1

Gāndhārī’s Grief, Vyāsa’s Pacification, and the Ethics of Retaliation (गान्धारी-शोकः शमोपदेशश्च)

Devanagari script

ऑपनआक्राता बछ। अर: त्रयोदशो< ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णका धृतराष्ट्रको फटकारकर उनका क्रोध शान्त करना और धृतराष्ट्रका पाण्डवोंको हृदयसे लगाना वैशम्पायन उवाच तत एनमुपातिष्ठन्‌ शौचार्थ परिचारका: । कृतशौचं पुनश्चैनं प्रोवाच मधुसूदन:

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tata enam upātiṣṭhan śaucārtha-paricārakāḥ | kṛta-śaucaṃ punaś cainaṃ provāca Madhusūdanaḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– ထို့နောက် သန့်စင်ရေးအတွက် ခန့်အပ်ထားသော အမှုထမ်းများသည် သူ့ထံသို့ လာရောက်ကာ စောင့်ရှောက်ပြုစုကြသည်။ သန့်စင်ရေး အခမ်းအနားများ ပြီးဆုံးသွားသောအခါ မဓုသူဒန (သီရိကృష్ణ) သည် ထပ်မံ၍ မိန့်ကြားလေ၏—ဝမ်းနည်းကြေကွဲနေသော မင်း၏ ဒေါသကို ထိန်းချုပ်ကာ ဓမ္မနှင့် လူသားသဘောသို့ ပြန်လည်ညွှန်ပြလို၍ ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• तत्: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपातिष्ठन्: attended upon / stood by
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural

• शौचार्थम्: for purification (purpose of cleansing)
• शौचार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच-अर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परिचारकाः: attendants
• परिचारकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिचारक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृतशौचम्: having performed purification / cleansed
• कृतशौचम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-शौच
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रोवाच: addressed / spoke to
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• मधुसूदनः: Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• मधुसूदनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Madhusūdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• paricārakāḥ (attendants)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid collective tragedy, dharma requires inner cleansing and restraint: purification (śauca) prepares the mind for right counsel, and wise speech aims to pacify anger and reawaken compassion rather than intensify vengeance.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the attendants help complete the king’s purification rites, Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana) speaks to him again—setting the stage for admonition and guidance meant to calm his agitation and move him toward reconciliation.